The unique feature of the velvety, brown cigar-shaped flowers and long, lanceolate leaves of the cattail are a common observed sight throughout Ohio wetlands. Cattails have long been known to play an important role as food source and shelter for some marsh-dwelling animals. However, with the invasion of the non-native cattail Narrow-leaved cattail, this no […]

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Garlic mustard – Alliaria petiolata; Basal rosettes have normally grown enough to be easily spotted now. The garlic mustard in this photo is particularly robust. Also notice the Johnson grass in the background, and ground ivy in the front.

Hey AOWCP blog followers. Uploading photos with updates of plant phenology has been one of my favorite things to post. Unfortunately, the main computer I am using doesn’t like loading pictures very well. I will try harder to get to a different computer to keep loading pictures up. Here are some highlights from the last month.

Deptford pink – Dianthus armeria : flowering

Japanese barberry – Berberis thunbergii : we used our weed wrench to pulled this guy up at a workshop